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No. 231,412. I Patented Aug. 24,1880.

N.PETERS. PHDYO-LTHOGRAPHER WASHINGTON D c UNITED STATES PATENT OFEIQE.

GEORGE W. EDDY, OF WATERFORD, NEW YORK.

WHIP-SOCKET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 231,412, dated August 24, 1880.

Application filed May 1, 1880.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE W. EDDY, of Waterford, in the county of Saratoga and State of New York, have invented certain Improvements in IVhipSockets, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to that class of sockets in which a series of upright elastic arms are employed to clasp and hold the whip when it is thrust downward between them; and the invention consists in a peculiar manner of constructing and uniting the arms; in combining with the arms a non-elastic encircling ring to sustain and protect them; in so arranging the parts as to permit a vertical adjustment of the ring.

Figure 1 represents a side elevation of my socket with a whip therein; Fig. 2, a crosssection of the same on the line 00 m,- Fig. 3, a section on the line y y; Fig. 4, a view of the bottom plate detached Fig. 5, a sectional view on the line 2 2, illustrating the mode of attachment.

The socket is composed, mainly, of the upright elastic arms A, the internal cup-shaped bottom plate, B, the fastening screw or bolt 0, and the external ring, D, as shown. There are four of the arms A, and they are made in pairs, each pair of opposing arms being made in one piece and united with each other at the lower end in the form of the letter U, as clearly indicated in the drawings. The arms are curved or bent inward toward each other at the upper ends; but the extreme ends are rounded outward, as shown, in order to form a flaring mouth and facilitate the entrance of the whip. The two pairs of arms are placed one within and at right angles to the other, as shown, and retained in this position by the introduction of an internal bottom plate or cup, B, rounded to fit closely within the arms, and provided, as shown, with four pro ecting lugs or cars to enter between and hold the arms. After the insertion of the cup a central bolt or screw, 0, is inserted vertically through the cup and, the arms, and the parts thereby fastened securely together.

One of the arms A is formed with a vertical rib or flange, a, on the outer side,and through one of a series of holes in said flange there is inserted a loose non-elastic metal ring, D,

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which encircles the arms just below their middle. This ring, having a slight amount of play, falls downward closely around the arms, as shown, and serves to strengthen and sustain them. The ring rising and falling permits the arms to spring sufficiently to allow the introduction and removal of the whip, but at the same time prevents them from being sprung outward to a dangerous extent, guards them from external violence, and binds them together, thatviolence is resisted by them jointly instead of singly, as would otherwise be the case.

In order that it may answer the above objects the ring should be made strong and stiff and capable of resisting severe strains. The socket will receive and clasp securely whips of difl'erent sizes, provided the variation is not great. When exceedingly large or small whips are used the ringis adjusted upward or downward, as the case may require, and in order that this may be done the ring is split or divided on one side, in order that it may be opened by suitable tools and changed from one hole to another.

It is obvious that the ring, operating as shown, may be used in connection with any socket having a series of upright elastic arms, regardless of the peculiar mannerin which the arms may be united or constructed.

As a means of securin g the socket to its support, I provide the flange a at its upper and lower ends with two pairs of clips or jaws, E. These clips are made in hook form, and each pair are attached and united by means of a screw, 0, passing through them and through a hole in the flange a, as shown. As the clips are secured by the flange and the hole therein, they cannot slip or work down out of place under the jar and vibration to which the device is constantly subjected when in use.

Ido not claim, broadly, two arms or clips united by a screw to keep a whip-socket in place, as 1 am aware that two loose clips thus united and arranged to encircle the body of a socket have been used. The construction of my socket with the spring-arms thereon of course precludes the use of the old encircling form of clip.

In attaching the socket the clips are applied to opposite sides of the dash and the screws turned until the clips hold the dash firmly between them.

In order to prevent the parts from rattling an elastic washer, 11, of leather or rubber, should be inserted between one or both of the clips and the flange (l.

The arms A may be castor forged or stamped from sheet metal; but in the event of the last plan being adopted it may be found advisable to make the flange a in a separate piece and attach it to one of the arms.

The bottom plate or cup should be of conical or tapering form in the interior, in order to center and hold tirmly the buttot' the whip. When this is done the whip will beheld by the arms above and the cup below, and thus prevented from rattling and wearing.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is-- 1. The whip-socket consisting of the two pairs of elastic arms. each pair made in one piece, of U form, and the two pairs crossed at the lower end, the central cup or plate to aid in holding the arms in position, and the central fastening connecting the plate and arms, substantially as shown.

2. A whipsocket having two pairs of elastic U-shaped arms arranged at right angles to each other and united by a screw or bolt.

3. In combination with a whip-socket having a series of upright elastic arms, a loose metallic ring suspended around them, substantially as described and shown.

4. In combination with the upright elastic arms, the non-elastic verticallyadjustable metal ring.

5. In combination with the socket-body having elastic arms, the flange a, formed upon one of said arms and provided with a hole, and the two clip arms or hooks united by a screw passing through the hole in the flange, as shown, whereby the socket is prevented from working out of place and the free movement of the spring-arms permitted.

(5. In combination with the socket-body, the two clip-arms, and the screw, the elastic washer located between the two clips, as and for the purpose described.

GEORGE W. EDDY.

\Vitnesses:

Sinner I. HOLLINGSWOR'IH, l. T. Donor). 

